Boston Group Takes the Initiative in Providing Resources to Charitable Donors
By MEG SOMMERFELDH. Peter Karoff believes people need to be “motivated, educated, nudged, and supported” if they ALSO SEE:Teaching the Art of GivingProject Aims to Make Giving by Blacks More Effective and EnduringA Life Devoted to Teaching Others How to Give, From the Grassroots UpPhilanthropy…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Philanthropy Counseling: the Latest Benefit for High-Tech Workers
By NICOLE LEWISWhen employees at Cisco Systems, a technology company in San Jose, Calif., want to ALSO SEE:Teaching the Art of GivingProject Aims to Make Giving by Blacks More Effective and EnduringA Life Devoted to Teaching Others How to Give, From the Grassroots UpBoston Group Takes the…
By nicole lewis
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A Life Devoted to Teaching Others How to Give, From the Grassroots Up
By DOMENICA MARCHETTITracy Gary made her first donation when she was 14, using $100 her mother had given her to set up a charitable giving account. She has been hooked on philanthropy ever since. Now 49, Ms. Gary -- whose mother ALSO SEE:Teaching the Art of GivingProject Aims to Make Giving by…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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Project Aims to Make Giving by Blacks More Effective and Enduring
By ELIZABETH GREENEMany black people grow up thinking that the world of organized philanthropy is for rich ALSO SEE:Teaching the Art of GivingA Life Devoted to Teaching Others How to Give, From the Grassroots UpPhilanthropy Counseling: the Latest Benefit for High-Tech WorkersBoston Group Takes the…
By Elizabeth Greene
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Photograph by Robert KuselThe bright lights and cheerful bustle of the year-end holiday season often mask the fact that for many people, the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day can be a sad and lonely one. For the past three years, hundreds of Jewish volunteers in Chicago have set aside…
New wealth, high demand lead to a boom in donor educationIn cities and towns across America, donors are learning how to make their charitable ALSO SEE:Project Aims to Make Giving by Blacks More Effective and EnduringA Life Devoted to Teaching Others How to Give, From the Grassroots UpPhilanthropy…
By Elizabeth Greene and Meg Sommerfeld
Corporate Donors Offered New Tool
The Council on Foundations, an association of most of the nation’s largest grant makers, has introduced a new way for companies to measure the business value of corporate philanthropy. The Corporate Philanthropic Index -- created by the council, along with Walker Information, a research company in…
Study Shows Gifts by Entrepreneurs
Business owners are more likely than other Americans to support charities, according to a new survey. And, the survey found, three out of four entrepreneurs contribute through their businesses as well as through personal gifts. The survey of 226 female and 235 male business owners was conducted by…
Care Givers to the Elderly Among ‘Points of Light’
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’s Daily Points of Light Award. The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the…
New York Arts Center Receives $25-Million From Bookstore-Chain CEO; Other Big Gifts
Several nonprofit organizations have received large gifts: * The Dia Center for the Arts, in New York, has received $25-million from Leonard and Louise Riggio, of New York. Mr. Riggio is chairman of Dia’s board and chief executive officer of Barnes & Noble. The gift will finance acquisitions,…
Intel Co-Founder to Put $5-Billion Into His New Family Foundation
By LAURA HRUBYGordon E. Moore, chairman emeritus of the Intel Corporation, and his wife, Betty, ALSO SEE: Assets of The Wealthiest Foundations: A Sampling have created a family foundation that over the next two years will receive $5-billion in Intel stock. In making the announcement, Mr. Moore said…
By Laura Hruby
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Writing Her Own Story on Giving
Stylish tabloid heiress champions arts, medicine, disabled veterans
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Photograph by the Bristol-Myers Squibb FoundationDavid Saltzman’s dying wish was to have published the children’s book he wrote and illustrated as a college student. Mr. Saltzman didn’t live to see his dream realized -- he died a decade ago, at age 22, of Hodgkin’s disease. But his mother, Barbara…
Mentors, Tutors, and Teachers Among ‘Points of Light’ Honorees
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’s Daily Points of Light Award. The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the…